taiwan taipei Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/taiwan-taipei Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Traveling in Taiwan http://travelsfinders.com/traveling-in-taiwan.html http://travelsfinders.com/traveling-in-taiwan.html#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2017 05:23:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=231326 In Sanshia, 22km/13% miles south-west of Taipei, the Tsu Shih Temple which was destroyed during the Second World War is being rebuilt. Visitors can watch the artists and sculptors at work. About 30km/19 miles north-east of Taipei lies Taiwan’s second largest sea-port, Keelung (Chilung; pop. 354,000). It is situated on the East China Sea and a number of arterial roads terminate here. The town can look back on a very eventful history. The Spaniards occupied it in 1626 and named it “Santisima Trinidad” (Blessed Trinity). Later the Dutch settled here until they in turn were driven out by Cheng Cheng-kung

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